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The absolute value of negative eight minus twice a number

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the answer is |-8| = x, thus x=8
|x| = 8, thus x=8 or x=-8. Remember that |-8| is also 8 so there are two solutions here!
|x| = -8, there are no solutions because the absolute value can never be negative.
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